Online reputation management in Kochi

• A baseline of ratings, review volume and recurring themes for the main hospital or clinic, each branch and key doctors on Google, Practo, Justdial and Facebook
• A review request routine by WhatsApp or SMS after discharge or consultation, sent only to patients who agreed to be contacted
• QR cards handed over with the bill or discharge papers, and short scripts for reception and billing staff on asking every patient the same neutral way, with no review targets and no pressure
• Reply drafts for every new review in English or Malayalam, approved by you and posted within an agreed time
• Alerts for new reviews and for mentions of your institution or doctors in news and social media
• A monthly insight note for management on what patients praise and complain about, such as billing clarity, waiting time or parking

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   Baseline. We record ratings, review volume, reply rate and recent complaint themes on every platform, and compare them with nearby competitors in Kochi. In Kochi, the first check is how you appear for searches made around MG Road.
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   Set up. We claim and correct listings, agree when and how patients are asked for reviews, and build consent capture into the request.
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   Train. We run short sessions for front-desk and billing staff on asking every patient for a review the same neutral way, with no targets or pressure, and on logging complaints properly.
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   Reply and report. We draft replies to every review for quick approval, flag serious ones to you as a priority, and report rating trends and recurring issues every month. We compare enquiries from Kochi with those from Kadavanthra and Vyttila and widen the radius where it pays.

Kochi's private hospital market is crowded, with hospitals such as Aster Medcity at Cheranalloor, Amrita Hospital at Ponekkara, Lisie Hospital in Kaloor, Lourdes Hospital in Pachalam and Renai Medicity in Palarivattom, alongside the General Hospital in the city centre and Government Medical College Ernakulam at Kalamassery. Between them sit specialist consulting rooms, dental and skin practices, fertility centres, diagnostic chains and physiotherapy clinics, many led by consultants who also work in hospitals. The city takes referrals from across central Kerala, Lakshadweep and Gulf Malayali families. City residents search by neighbourhood, metro station or doctor name rather than 'Kochi'; referral patients from other districts and GCC families research in English before travelling and expect quick WhatsApp replies.

We run online reputation management by specialty, because multispecialty hospitals and dental clinics in Kochi are searched for in different ways:

• Multispecialty hospital marketing in KochiSeriously ill patients from Lakshadweep are regularly brought to Kochi by air or sea, and families from across central Kerala come here for specialist surgery, so a Kochi hospital's departments are often compared by relatives who must decide quickly and from a distance.
• Dental clinic marketing in KochiNRI families on summer, Onam or Christmas visits often try to fit dental treatment into a short stay in Kochi, so clinics that publish realistic timelines and answer WhatsApp enquiries from abroad are easier to choose.
• Fertility and IVF clinic marketing in KochiKochi fertility clinics often see couples where one partner works in the Gulf, so consultations and treatment cycles have to be planned around a few weeks of leave, and clear timelines, first consultations by video and careful handling of records matter.
• Ayurveda hospital marketing in KochiCochin International Airport is a main arrival point for overseas visitors to central Kerala, so ayurveda centres in and around Kochi compete for visitors as well as residents, which makes clear English information essential, with none of the cure claims the Drugs and Magic Remedies Act restricts.
• Dialysis centre marketing in KochiGulf Malayalis on dialysis who come home on leave need their sessions arranged before they land, so Kochi centres that explain how to book holiday dialysis and which records to send in advance are easier for families to plan around.

A working request routine and reply process is usually running within the first month, and review volume often rises once staff start asking consistently. The average rating moves slowly, over several months, because it reflects patient experience, which we can help you hear and act on but cannot manufacture. Reputation management is usually a monthly retainer, often combined with Google Business Profile management. Scope depends on the number of locations and doctors monitored, the platforms covered, expected review volume and whether staff training is included. Extra support during a review attack or a media issue can be added on agreed terms. See how our pricing works.

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From Kochi, our office opposite Aster Medcity is 15 minutes to an hour away by road. Patients here often search by landmark, such as MG Road, Kaloor and Marine Drive, so local pages and your Google Business Profile have to use those names.

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Can you write reviews for us, or get our staff and their families to post them?

No. Reviews written by the business or its staff, bought, or rewarded with a discount break Google's policies, can be removed by the platform and can be treated as misleading under consumer-protection law. What we do is make it easy for every patient who agreed to be contacted to leave their own review, asked the same neutral way, and reply to every review that comes in. The NMC's October 2026 advertising guidelines also bar doctors and hospitals from soliciting fake, paid or misleading reviews, and say a doctor should not request reviews for professional promotion on social media, so we agree with you, and your legal adviser where needed, who sends review requests and how.

A review accuses one of our doctors of negligence. What should we do?

Do not reply in anger or discuss the treatment, even if the reviewer has shared details publicly. Escalate it to management and your legal adviser first, then post a short, privacy-safe reply inviting the person to contact a named senior person directly. We draft that reply and the internal escalation note, and treat such reviews ahead of routine replies.

How long before the Google rating of our hospital or clinic improves?

Review volume can rise within weeks once staff ask consistently, but the average rating changes slowly, especially if you already have many reviews. It improves fastest when the complaints patients repeat, such as waiting time or billing, are actually fixed, which is why we report those themes to management every month.